New Delhi:

A 99-year-old Indian girl, Daibai, has launched into a outstanding new journey after being granted US citizenship. Making the announcement, the US Citizenship and Immigration Companies (USCIS) described Daibai as a “energetic” particular person.

“They are saying age is only a quantity. That appears true for this energetic 99-year-old who turned a #NewUSCitizen in our Orlando workplace. Daibai is from India and was excited to take the Oath of Allegiance. She’s pictured along with her daughter and our officer who swore her in. Congrats Daibai,” USCIS mentioned in a publish on X (previously Twitter).

They are saying age is only a quantity. That appears true for this energetic 99-year-old who turned a #NewUSCitizen in our Orlando workplace. Daibai is from India and was excited to take the Oath of Allegiance. She’s pictured along with her daughter and our officer who swore her in. Congrats Daibai! pic.twitter.com/U0WU31Vufx

— USCIS (@USCIS) April 5, 2024

The USCIS additionally captured the touching second the place the nonagenarian is in a wheelchair and posing with the citizenship certificates. Additionally within the body are her daughter and the officer who swore her in.

USCIS is tasked with dealing with immigrant visa petitions, naturalisation functions, asylum functions, and inexperienced card functions. The company additionally handles petitions for non-immigrant short-term staff reminiscent of H-1B visas, that are utilized by a whole bunch of Indian techies to work within the US.

Whereas a number of are celebrating Daibai’s getting citizenship, some Indian X customers are questioning why it took so lengthy for the US to finish the naturalisation course of. The Indian girl has been staying in Florida along with her daughter for years.

One person, in a sarcastic publish, mentioned, “Rumor has it that Daibai was within the Indian inexperienced card backlog, renewing her H-1B each three years, and now can lastly retire.”

“Most Indians in employment primarily based inexperienced card backlog would seem like this by the point they get their inexperienced playing cards,” wrote one other.